A lucky solo miner mined a block on the Bitcoin network, earning $210,000.
The solo miner, connected to CKPool, found block #943,411 on the Bitcoin (BTC) network. After the last halving, the block reward stands at 3.139 coins. At current prices, that equals approximately $210,000.
According to mempool.space, the miner achieved this with a hashrate of just 230 TH/s, despite extremely low odds of success. CKPool administrator Con Kolivas noted that the odds of mining a block with such power are roughly 1 in 28,000 per day.
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Meanwhile, large industry players continue to face losses and pivot toward AI infrastructure and high-performance computing.
Rarity of Solo Mining
Over the past 12 months, solo miners have found only 20 Bitcoin blocks, earning a total of 62.96 BTC▼$61,599.00. On average, this happens once every 18.7 days. The previous successful solo block was mined on February 28, 2026.
Amid rising competition and high mining difficulty, such events remain extremely rare. Most industry revenue goes to large industrial mining companies.
Difficulty and Hashrate Dynamics
On April 3, 2026, Bitcoin mining difficulty rose 3.87% to 138.97 trillion. Earlier in March, difficulty experienced its sharpest decline since February, dropping 7.7%.
The seven-day average network hashrate continues to decline after peaking in October 2025. Hashprice (revenue per unit of power) at the time of writing stands at $31.6 per PH/s per day, below the estimated breakeven level for many miners.
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